How To Use Presume In A Sentence

Unlike the phrenologists of the 19th century, DeYoung's team doesn't presume to know whether differences in the size of a brain region give rise to unique personality characteristics, or whether our personality differences cause our brains to develop in unique ways - say, that when we practice random acts of kindness, our "agreeableness" center grows larger, or that a lifetime of social isolation might cause a region associated with The Columbian stories: Columns
Neither the eparch nor the garrison commander presumed to quarrel with Rhavas or to shout out Stylianos 'name. Bridge of the Separator
When a plaintiff is able to prove defamation per se, damages are presumed, but the presumption is rebuttable. Heroes or Villains?
Equitable and sustainable development presumes that the natural resources will be used.
I presume he's fine, in good health and that, but it's very unlike him to pop off.

Half a century later, Sri Lanka's presumed potential has not eventuated, not least because of the war which has effectively split the country since 1983.
Embracing the new orthodoxy with almost catechistic devotion, they insisted on the importance of construing each constitutional provision according to the presumed intentions of the Framers, no matter how disruptive or radical the consequences might be. Rehnquist the Great?
The vaccine was presumed to be safe and efficacious.
While I haven't read this directly, I would presume that the Latin name in turn formed, as many Latin cognomina do, from a descriptive adjective. Sentina, an Etruscanized Latin name
If you shine a red light and a green light and a blue light together at something it produces white light as those in stage lighting I would presume would know, that's why it's called additive color. The Color Wheel, Part 7
In the middle of the vanity was another object made of rosewood - a jewelry box, I'd presume.
December 7, a municipal, at the head of a deputation from the Commune, came to read to the king a decree which ordered him to take from the prisoners "knives, razors, scissors, penknives, and all other sharp instruments of which prisoners presumed criminal are deprived; and to make a most minute search of their persons and of their apartments. The Ruin of a Princess
However, the vast majority of terpenoids are classified as secondary metabolites, compounds not required for plant growth and development but presumed to have an ecological function in communication or defense.
What's more, researchers found evidence to suggest that a subspecies called the Nubian wild ass, presumed vanished late in the 20th century, is not only a direct ancestor of the donkey - it may still exist. University of Florida News
Twenty-six of these letters contained comments of the kind we presume Makhanya identified as amounting to "attacks on people who irked the President in one way or another", whatever this means. ANC Today
The cameraperson, presumed to be Oiticica, records carefree moments in the lives of the young gay men gathered on the meadows of Central Park.
It is therefore seldom appropriate to treat disorders of language and communication by trying to influence presumed underlying causes.
The only other animal to be seen was a cockerel, to which one presumed was attached some monetary value.
Jana is an OBE, so I presume she must have made a unique and indispensable contribution to society. Archive 2009-03-01
The lowly cultivator is viewed as indifferent to economic incentives because it is presumed that he is strongly committed to his traditional ways of cultivation. Theodore W. Schultz - Prize Lecture
The price includes all your transportation and hotels, I presume?
Their thrashings were also, she presumed, merely instinctual. THE GREAT AND SECRET SHOW
She philandered with some of them up to the point where comparisons become inevitable, and, so long as they met her in a spirit of frank camaraderie, it was agreeable enough; but when, with their commonplace minds, they presumed to be sentimental, they became intolerable. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius
You are suggesting that small RNA would assume the function performed by protein amino acyl synthetases and if we presume all the foregoing what leads you to think this mixture would evolve to produce a cell? Are Stereochemical Explanations Causally Sufficient?
They were obsequious and servile and did not presume to talk to their masters as if they were their equals. The Secret Garden
The sensitive plant is too vulgar an allusion; but if the truth of modern naturalists may be depended upon, there is a plant which, instead of receding timidly from the intrusive touch, angrily protrudes its venomous juices upon all who presume to meddle with it: – do not you think this plant would be your fittest emblem? Letters for Literary Ladies: To Which is Added, An Essay on the Noble Science of Self-Justification
Buskins are presumed by Strutt to have resembled "the shoes of the carpenter's wife in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales," which the poet says 'were laced high upon her legs'.
Would attempts to track and rediscover presumed-extinct species fall into the realm of cryptozoology?
If H2O is a NET MAGNIFIER after all forcings/feedbacks, then the AGW proponent models trend towards their doomsday rise — if H2O is not a NET MAGNIFIER never the AGW proponent assumption, even though Dr Lindzen among others presumes as much, then the causational threat is bogus. UCAR Webcast of Bradley, Crowley, Ammann – Apr 6, 2005 « Climate Audit
Wayne's body has never been found, he is listed as missing in action, and presumed to be dead.
This place he presumed would be somewhere about the Straits of Annian, at which point he supposed the Oregon disembogued itself. Astoria, or Anecdotes of an Enterprise Beyond the Rocky Mountains
The roll-call of the missing presumed dead is the tragic emblem of such atrocities, and it is no surprise that the fate of one woman in particular has caused much comment.
That presumes easy access to the most sensitive nuclear sites and a quick and efficient verification system. Times, Sunday Times
By which one presumes he means not just when they turn into show ponies at night. Times, Sunday Times
When he made use of such a phrase as that quoted above, it was to be presumed that he in some sort meant what he said; and so he did, and had intended to signify that Crosbie by his conduct had merited all such condemnation as was the fitting punishment for blackguardism of the worst description. The Small House at Allington
I'm not saying you are "frothy" but a lot of the froth on this issue presumes that Obama would pull a Cheney and jump to step 3 first. Obama Grilled By Iowa Voters Over Pakistan Comments
I presumed him to be her husband.
We can only presume that the index does not account for such complex concepts as sarcasm and irony.
Individual volcanoes of continental monogenetic volcanic fields are generally presumed to erupt single magma batches during brief eruptions.
Bhagat Singh, the presumed killer, eluded arrest and quickly achieved the status of hero.
The diagnosis of presumed septic arthritis was given to 44 of the 282 children.
It was presumed he had viral labyrinthitis (an inner-ear disorder) that would pass in a week or two. Diagnosing Nick
An algorithm purporting to match what is presumed to be operating in a human brain would need to be a stupendous thing.
There are still tens of thousands missing, their bodies presumed to be washed out to sea.
I don't know, sir," he said, "whether you're aware of it -- I presume you're a stranger, like myself -- but all they _allow_ for what they call breakfast in this hotel is tea or coffee, rolls, and butter; everything else is charged extra. A Voyage of Consolation (being in the nature of a sequel to the experiences of 'An American girl in London')
Many were greeted with a kiss on both cheeks by our waitress - who, we presumed, was probably also proprietress or manageress.
Knowing that he is not authorized by the laws of this state to do so, he performs a marriage ceremony or presumes to solemnize a marriage.
I presumed that was when the parents were out, or an arranged time they would pick up the phone if it rang. The Sun
First, it is to be considered that every of the captains with the said ships appointed by this order to the vanward, battle and wing shall ride at anchor according as they be appointed to sail by the said order; and no ship of any of the said wards or wing shall presume to come to an anchor before the admiral of the said ward. Fighting Instructions, 1530-1816 Publications Of The Navy Records Society Vol. XXIX.
We mustn't presume too much upon the reliability of such sources.
If the fisherman has the wit to put his (or her) bottles in the stream one presumes they have nearby for piscatorial endeavors, the Malt beverages need never be warm ... Fine Wine & Warm Beer
Their basic presumption is that there is one correct way to believe (usually the one they share), and they presume that anyone not sharing that belief is aberrant, and legislate accordingly. The Volokh Conspiracy » Does the Supposedly Superior Expertise of Regulators Justify Libertarian Paternalism?
They are trained to presume that a dead infant is stillborn unless there is countervailing evidence.
So do not DARE presume to bray at me about “real science,” you snivelling, useless, infantile jacka$$ puke. Think Progress » Obama explains climate science to global warming deniers.
May I not presume upon Your mercy by assuming there will be no consequences for my sin. Help me to confess and then to sin no more.
He had suffered casualties - one man missing, presumed dead, another partially disabled.
She stopped, stood up, presumed that she was done with and strode out of the room.
This, of course, presumes filing the lawsuit in a jurisdiction with such a law.
It opened to the outer world through what is presumed to be a fenestra ovalis.
The wording of the subsection was virtually identical to the comparable wording in the 1875 Act and by re-enacting the old wording Parliament is presumed to have affirmed the decision in Parlby.
Any lesion, even one presumed benign, that repeatedly recurs after proper cryotherapy should be biopsied.
Coffee and chocolate were already made hot; cream and new-laid eggs were added to the treat, and M. Emanuel, always generous, would have given a large order for "jambon" and "confitures" in addition, but that some of us, who presumed perhaps upon our influence, insisted that it would be a most reckless waste of victual. Villette
The coyness about the price is, we presume, because the actual selling price will be dependent on the kinds of discount deals on offer.
I presume there is no question of retrospective operation of any award that would be made in this case.
Eloquence, will, from these steppes, likelie enough presume, by like pride, to mount hier, to the misliking of greater matters: that is either in Religion, to haue a dissentious head, or in the common wealth, to haue a factious hart: as I knew one The Scholemaster
N&S critique the presumed attachment of environmentalists to romanticist premodernist images of society and celebrate economic modernization, along with the growing affluence, individualization, and freedom that this social process creates. Joseph Romm: Memo to Media: Don't be Suckered by Bad Analyses from the Breakthrough Institute
There was a time that, when a French president spoke - as long as the Germans were squared (and they usually were by the Franco-German axis) - he could presume to speak for the EU.
Bhagat Singh, the presumed killer, eluded arrest and quickly achieved the status of hero.
The "mislaid" rationale presumes the existence of a living owner, or the vigilance of the depositor's descendants; only occasionally can it be helpful for older artifacts, such as those in Idaho, as the likelihood of the original depositor's return diminishes with each passing year. The Slow Death of Treasure Trove
delated," and it is to be presumed that he fled because he did not feel sure of protection against Mary's frequently expressed dislike. John Knox and the Reformation
In turning now more particularly to the work, or rather compilation, of Dr. Bisset Hawkins, let us see whether we cannot discover among what he terms "marks of haste" in getting it up for "the curiosity of the public" (_curiosity_, Dr. Hawkins!), some omissions of a very important nature on the subject of a disease respecting which, we presume, he wished to enlighten the public. Letters on the Cholera Morbus. Containing ample evidence that this disease, under whatever name known, cannot be transmitted from the persons of those labouring under it to other individuals, by contact—through the medium of inanimate substances—or throug
A question suggests itself: how did he manage to presume so cleverly?
The mysterious Mr Kipper has never been traced and Susie is presumed dead.
He remembers an elderly nurse waving under his nose what he presumed were smelling salts and his initial instinct to push her away. Times, Sunday Times
In keeping with this philosophy, I presume that the administration will soon be ordering Condoleeza to undergo a public medical examination to prove that her hymen is intact. Think Progress » New Bush Policy: All Gays Should Be Celibate
He accordingly proposed a double injection, first by muriate of barytes, and, secondly, by sulphate of copper, forced through by the Boucherie process, and it is presumed that the ties of 1870, in experiment No. 2, which showed favorable results when examined in 1875, were prepared by that process. Scientific American Supplement, No. 514, November 7, 1885
Moving on, let's tackle my presumed rampant egomania.
The final section ranges from a narrative about an artist's educational trip through Africa to projects that presume to address issues of race.
His baffling new case involves a woman long presumed dead, and a mysterious ransom note sent to the man accused of her murder. The Sun
However, what strikes me as particularly interesting is that, not so long ago versus populum might simply have been presumed; accordingly, that ad orientem (or "versus crucem" as it is referred to here) is also spoken to perhaps gives some witness to it having begun to enter more into the forefront of Catholic liturgical consciousness again -- perhaps a fruit of the Pope's activities and catecheses. Restoration of the Cappella Paolina
Inexact or unliquidated losses (although they are not presumed and therefore must be pleaded) are compensated by an award of general damages.
I presume he meant strippers. Times, Sunday Times
It may well be doubted, on an impartial view, if the mutilation of the country's industrial system by such measures of isolation does not after all rather weaken the nation even for warlike ends; but then, the discretionary authorities in the dynastic States are always, and it may be presumed necessarily, hampered with obsolete theories handed down from that cameralistic age, when the little princes of the Fatherland were making dynastic history. An Inquiry Into The Nature Of Peace And The Terms Of Its Perpetuation
In some long run sense, however, these effects disappear and, under the conditions presumed necessary for a workably competitive economy, the primary conclusion seems to stand up.
But this argument presumed wrongdoing by the petitioner and ignored the fact that there were already criminal statutes existing punishing such behavior.
That characterization epitomizes the arrogance and condescension of anyone who would presume to understand and speak for all of us.
More surprising, at least to those who presumed her well-aired feminist principles to have been a continual corrective to Blair's masonic/lubricious tendencies, Cherie Blair appears to have been equally impressed by displays of New Labour virility, twitting her husband on the contrast with his own probable timidity: "John's just a man. What woman could ever compete with Tony 'cojones' Blair?
I presume they are all going to be autobiographies. Times, Sunday Times
I presume that upon being sawn some laminate panels crack and delaminate themselves, and these do not, or possibly splinter lightly.
I mean, if there are any rights animals would have, one might think that perhaps the right to one’s ‘nads is pretty much the first one you get to presume. if one would replace part of oil with nuclear then oil price may crash and those regimes would sell it even cheaper and would not have means to support radicals. Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » A Great Example Why Peak Oil Theory Has Never Been That Compelling to Me
I cannot presume to compete with the witty, amazingly well-worded comments so far (the mascara is running down my face as I type!) …. just offering up the possibility that Scott (” they assured me they were not involved”) Mac … has been re-assigned … to guard duty on Air Force One so that Bushie will always know his mountain bike is safe! Think Progress » 19 Days and Counting: Where’s Scotty?
I can only presume that government and EU motives for promoting this crap is a combination of relief that they have spotted a fnancial revenue stream to solve the bank crisis and that it gives them carte blanche to 'socialise' us all still further. WHAT REALLY HAPPENED
So we can't presume forgiveness means pretending that there is no harm. Christianity Today
I presume that “ick” is a technical term in rheology. Guliya Core #2 and Mountain Glacier Flow « Climate Audit
What was relevant, however, I think, is that if the leading and most influential Catholic weekly in Poland, which has close ties with the Church hierarchy and which has been shaping public opinion of the Catholic community since 1945, can be qualified as "idolatrously philo-Semitic," it gives — I presume — some kind of evidence that something did substantially change in Poland as far as the Catholic attitude toward the Jews is concerned. 'Shoah' and Poland
But this is hotly disputed by some evolutionist experts themselves, and it is just as reasonable to presume that theropods did not have those last two sacs.
The valley was unsurveyed for the most part, and the Indians naturally felt a sort of proprietorship in it, and when Wilson drove his cattle down into the valley and "squatted," the chief, Drifting Crane, welcomed him as a host might to an abundant feast whose hospitality was presumed upon, but who felt the need of sustaining his reputation as a host, and submitted graciously. Drifting Crane
If we permit them - and only our principled resistance, peaceful where possible, but forceful where necessary, is the only thing that will stop them - those who presume to rule us intend to reduce us to abject helotry. Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com
Moreover, the biogeographic analysis implied a presumed center of recent differentiation in the region from upper to mid Changkiang River to Qin Mountain .
In defamation the falsity of the libel or slander is presumed; but justification is a complete defence.
The scimitar-horned oryx (Oryx dammah), now presumed to be extinct in the wild, dama gazelle (Gazella dama, EN), dorcas gazelle (Gazella dorcas, VU) and red-fronted gazelle (Gazella rufifrons, VU) were all formerly abundant and widespread, as was the now extinct sub-species of the common hartebeest, the bubal hartebeest (Alcelaphus busephalus buselaphus). Sahelian Acacia savanna
Often they never even encountered the presumed anthropophagi.
If we do not thank God for God's blessing, then we become like ingrates, those who presume upon the goodness of those who give them gift after gift.
I presume to suggest that you should take legal advice.
I would add to that concern the troubles that eventuate, as in the case of medical care, when government presumes to decide purchasing preferences -- to choose product winners or dictate consumer consumption patterns. Gary Puckrein: The Democratization of Health Care:The Case Against Individual Retail Transactions
Proactive primary prevention presumes that the pathogen can be attenuated or prevented from reaching the individual.
So I presume the airline will set a weight ceiling and make everyone who waddles up to the check-in counter step on a scale - probably the baggage scale.
Back then, gold was presumed to be the only hedge against both inflation and a falling dollar.
Any lesion, even one presumed benign, that repeatedly recurs after proper cryotherapy should be biopsied.
Even in Christendom, it is presumed our minds and hearts are frequently deceived. C.S. Lewis on Evolutionism (the Myth)
The book is primarily designed for students of forensic anthropology and presumes a background in human anatomy and osteology.
Not anywhere near the payback proposed since it presumes that most of us underinflate out tires, but still greater than zero. "Gee whiz, this is so — I'm sorry, ladies and gentlemen, for appearing so hysterical about this. I'm trying to remain coherent..."
They hate waiting and they presume that generalists know everything. Times, Sunday Times
A bishop, Paul points out, must be "above reproach" (anepílimptos, 1Ti 3: 1) literally meaning having a solid grasp-on the Christian walk, we presume-and "guiltless," (Tt 1: 7) meaning nothing to hide. SmuloSpace: Thinking. Listening. Provoking. Discussing.
Objective To Establish the assay method of quality guideline of Kangwei capsule and presume its validity duration by inspecting the content of tetrahydropalmatine.
That presumes easy access to the most sensitive nuclear sites and a quick and efficient verification system. Times, Sunday Times
Power is hierarchical; the rebel challenges authority, presumes to be the defiant equal of his creator or of his king, and is convinced that his stubbornness will redeem him.
The law presumes bail should be granted unless there are strong reasons to prevent it.
He presumes that everything would pass to me and that I would have no Inheritance Tax liability.
In British law, you are presumed innocent until you are proved guilty.
Probably the most informative analysis of mammal-like reptiles as transitional forms is the one which focuses, in detail, on the presumed changes from advanced cynodonts to the earliest mammals.
For sure, however, every schoolboy (of my generation anyway) knows when at teatime on 16 September the final score – Devon 4 New Zealand 55 – was received by the London sports news agency, the unbelieving subeditor confidently presumed a transmission error and reversed the result to Devon 55 New Zealand 4. How the original All Blacks went down in the annals of history
Later, Charles I, when he presumed to authority above that of Parliament, was prodded out a window in the Banqueting House in White Hall where, on a makeshift platform, his head was chopped off by a French swordsman imported for the occasion. Call Out the Instigator; There's Something in the Air!
I need hardly remind you that ‘necromancy’ is a Greek word, which signifies, according to its proper meaning, a prophesying by aid of the dead, or that it rests on the presumed power of raising up by potent spells the dead, and compelling them to give answers about things to come. English Past and Present
[Footnote 12: Most of the gipsies here profess Islamism.] [Footnote 13: I presume Messrs. Boue and party.] [Footnote 14: The Austrian zwanziger goes here for only three piastres; in Servia it goes for five.] Servia, Youngest Member of the European Family or, A Residence in Belgrade and Travels in the Highlands and Woodlands of the Interior, during the years 1843 and 1844.
At the period of the presumed date of this document blotting paper was unknown, writings being dried by means of a specially prepared fine powder called pounce, sand, or a powder containing fine crystals of metal intended to give an ornamental gloss to the ink. The Detection of Forgery A Practical Handbook for the Use of Bankers, Solicitors, Magistrates' Clerks, and All Handling Suspected Documents
It was of soft leather, and about eight inches wide, sewed lengthways and breadthways in small squares, in which, I presumed the diamonds were deposited. The Little Savage
I presume that only Desmond was given the abilitie to see some future events. The Tail Section » Theory Time - Rite Aid Confirms Christian Shephard Alive
I was dismayed by these feelings, even ashamed, having always presumed that a good feminist would beat this rap.
We presume he means aeroplanes. The Sun
If a person is missing for seven years, he is presumed dead.
He correctly characterized the motivation of the organization's leader, the presumed evil genius of terrorism.
The burden of proof falls on the prosecution: the accused is presumed innocent until proved guilty.
I presume he means 'old '! The Sun
In a shorter-duration study, most of those missing individuals would have been presumed dead.
The story presumes a culture that recognizes a connection between landholding and preservation of a male name in a family lineage. Daughters of Zelophehad: Bible.
We presumed a holiday meant sun. Times, Sunday Times
Your reviews are very good, but they could be more interesting if you didn't feel the need to lecture us about movie genealogical connections we might already be familiar with, or if you didn't rely so heavily on the Thesaurus you seem to have parked at your elbow or in your brain - "oft-presumed", "essayed", "curlicue"? With True Grit, the Coen brothers have given the western back its teeth
Any girl of beddable age would at once be presumed to be the lowest type of harlot, a foreign devil's harlot and despised as such, sneered at openly, and her value diminished. Noble House
Somehow I have a feeling that конъюнктурный in this case is a calque from the English conjecture, in the sense that the previous editors presumed to be able to second-guess how Dostoyevsky's text would have looked were he to have written it at the time of republication, somewhat like those "plain text" editions of Shakespeare. Languagehat.com: DOSTOEVSKY AND RUSSIAN PUNCTUATION.
Those of us who presume to speak for the lives of individual animals need to observe our subjects very carefully indeed.
The thing is that matriarchy was not a "queendom" as the professors rightly presumed. Monetary and Fiscal Failure, Fraud, and Fear of What's Next
This is partly derived from the African cosmogonic worldview, which presumes a symbiotic relationship between the living and nonliving and between humans and non-humans in the universe.
If I am satisfied with my performance, I presume with confidence that the audience is equally satisfied.
All three of these rejected positions presumed that human nature, unimproved by human effort and considered with little relation to God, was an adequate source to inspire conduct.
It is often presumed that the speech impediment is caused by shyness, a neglected childhood or social awkwardness. Times, Sunday Times
I presume you're here on business.
It was of soft leather, and about eight inches wide, sewed lengthways and breadthways in small squares, in which I presumed the diamonds were deposited. The Little Savage
So for Drum, and I presume for much of the Left, the suggestion that a government service be managed privately is just as bad as the suggestion that the service be ended. Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » I Finally May Be Understanding Something
I presumed that this was a possible conception, (i.e. that it involved no logical inconsonance,) from the length of time during which the scholastic definition of the Supreme Biographia Literaria
a room, wherein he has lived upon the "cameleon's dish," eating the air -- "jugged," we presume. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 6, 1841,
They are considered symptomatic if there is a known abnormality, cryptogenic if there is presumed but unproven damage, and idiopathic if the disorder is familial or not associated with additional CNS damage.
It is often presumed that the speech impediment is caused by shyness, a neglected childhood or social awkwardness. Times, Sunday Times
I presume that by ‘scooters’ he means the 4-wheeled mobility buggies, sales of which have boomed in the last couple of years.
As Sands lies dying, the film presumes to take us inside his head. Times, Sunday Times
I presume that we mean a supreme personal being - distinct from the world and creator of the world.
Romantic relationships have been presumed unsusceptible to a structure of rules, perhaps because of the widespread belief that love is the most intimate and idiosyncratic of human emotions.
We must not presume too mush on the reliability of such sources.
The truck was sitting on the bridge still, but she could see the tires had been slashed, with her knife she presumed.
Not surprisingly, things looked peachier to Pat Leahy: "There is no basis to question her integrity and no one should presume that this intelligent woman, who has excelled during every part of her varied and distinguished career, lacks independence. HUFFPOST HILL - JUNE 28TH, 2010
The nearest thing to a suggestion that I have come (and I am clearly in no position to speak for anyone other than myself) is that there are better and more effective ways of not only defending yourself etc., but going on the offensive, that do not involve wallowing in the steamiest excrement offered up by the very people you would presume to defend yourself against. Think Progress » GOP plans on reintroducing legislation to ban and deport immigrants from ‘terrorist’ countries.
However, when the Redskins, one year removed from 4-12 and one week after a two-touchdown loss to the Rams, beat the Eagles, previously presumed to be potent, that is fairly stunning. Redskins' Donovan McNabb is the homecoming king in Philadelphia, but he wasn't alone
Since alloxan destroys pancreatic beta-cells, it was presumed that fenugreek either stimulated insulin release from remaining beta-cells or had insulin-receptor activity.
In defamation the falsity of the libel or slander is presumed; but justification is a complete defence.
Their nephew was missing, presumed dead.
Their nephew was missing, presumed dead.
In addition, the banded mining bee, the brilliant moon beetle and the lichen, Opegrapha paraxanthodes, have also been posted missing, presumed extinct.
First, a man is ‘conclusively presumed’ to be the father of a child if he is both married to and cohabiting with the mother, as long as he is not sterile or impotent.
I presume you were rather surprised not to see my _consequential_ name in the papers [1] amongst the orators of our 2nd speech day, but unfortunately some wit who had formerly been at Harrow, suppressed the merits of Long [2], Farrer [3] and myself, who were always supposed to take the Lead in Harrow eloquence, and by way of a _hoax_ thought proper to insert a panegyric on those speakers who were really and truly allowed to have rather disgraced than distinguished themselves, of course for the _wit_ of the thing, the best were left out and the worst inserted, which accounts for the _Gothic omission_ of my The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 1
My interest was in the road itself and its relationship to an Iron Age cross-ridge dyke which defended a presumed settlement on the spur.
After the attack, the company had posted him missing, presumed dead.
If we contend for nothing, the gentlemen who are opposed to us do not contend for a great deal; but the question is, whether the five percent ad valorem, on all articles imported, will have any operation at all upon the introduction of slaves, unless we make a particular enumeration on this account; the collector may mistake, for he would not presume to apply the term goods, wares, and merchandise to any person whatsoever. The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 3 of 4
Unless we simply presume a priori that Israelis are evil, I really do not see why the Israelis would want to provoke an attack so that they could kill a handful of passengers and suffer further opprobrium from the rest of the world. The Volokh Conspiracy » Greenwald and Gaza
I would never presume to dictate issues of style and form to you, dear sir.
After a short, intensely nerve-racking wrong turn into a military base, we find the site, and Julio comes out to meet us, his eyes glazed and red, we presume, since Friday. Down and Delirious in Mexico City
She must not presume upon his kindness and make much of her prosaic troubles. Emily Fox-Seton
Assuming this, I'd then presume in complete ignorance, mind you that there should be an altar here for Uni in the righthand cella, one for Minerva on the left and Tinia in the center. The Etruscan temple, now with more yummy detail
Finally, after what seemed like aeons, they reached what Lia presumed was their destination.
‘The music is a bowdlerisation of Handel's coronation anthem, Zadok the Priest,’ she says, which we presume is a bad thing.
I presume it was for humbug and hypocrisy. The Sun
Second, because the transition in Cuba will inevitably include an assessment of the regime's fiascos -- its failures, its deceptions and disappointments, its complicities and crimes and also, undoubtedly, its presumed accomplishments in education and health. What Else Ends With Castro
They were pushing me so hard I presumed I must have been in the top three.
This, the penetrance of the BRCA gene in these families was only presumed, not measured. BRCA Mutations and Familial Breast Cancer Risks
But it is also apparent that that totality is not completely known, nor is its future shape even presumed.
I presume, in the so-called Aesopian language, or, no matter what we said, we really meant its opposite. Statement at the Smith Act Trial
No Member of this House shall presume to bring any stranger into any part of the House or gallery appropriated to the Members of this House while the House, or a committee of the whole House, is sitting.
Moreover , he presumed that cycle times for development were long.
Dr. Scents, you are an impressively ignorant piece of absence, but I will indulge you just to demonstrate again what a fuckhead you are — you asked what I presume you intended to be a rhetorical question, and followed it with: Similarly (and, I admit, anecdotally), in the school I attended, very few went on to college. Matthew Yglesias » Wonks and Teachers
And believe me, Madam (though I do not presume to add those expressions which might rather heighten the offence I fear this letter will give you), that the assurance of your happiness in the choice you have made, and which now no obstacle can oppose, will considerably -- lighten the pain with which I shall long recall my ungracious reply to your communication. Lucretia — Volume 03
The title overstates the case: Wall Street and Washington did not betray the American people: betrayal presumes an obligation, an obligation which existed only as a fantasy in the population at large, a fantasy no more or less vacuous than our millennial belief in gods. Planet Atheism
BYOD is different, however, in that many of the potential snafus and gotchas are already obvious with a little thought, while the presumed benefits are fuzzier than usual. Should Employees Be Allowed to Use Their Own Devices for Work?
Universal concepts denote phenomena which are presumed to occur universally, regardless of historical epoch or type of society.
A true marriage is one duly contracted and capable of being proved in the ordinary way; a presumptive marriage, when the law presumes a marriage to exist; a putative marriage, when it is believed to be valid, but is in reality null and void, owing to the existence of a hidden diriment impediment. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy
You are suggesting that small RNA would assume the function performed by protein amino acyl synthetases and if we presume all the foregoing what leads you to think this mixture would evolve to produce a cell? Are Stereochemical Explanations Causally Sufficient?
They seek to define the rising generation of artists, who, it is presumed, will shape the next chapter in contemporary art.
Unable to hold Kalgan militarily, the Communists returned to diplomacy, and on September 30, Chou wrote Marshall that if “the Kuomintang Government does not instantly cease its military operations against Kalgan and the vicinity areas, the Chinese Communist Party feels itself forced to presume that the Government… has ultimately abandoned its pronounced policy of peaceful settlement.” The Last Empress
I wouldn't presume to say so. Times, Sunday Times
Who should presume to doubt its administration by the Prisoner, when the label bore directions in his own characteristic handwriting? The Dop Doctor
But Musa gently declines this interpretation; to her, Viola is less a complex androgyne, more an innocent, maligned woman who grapples with her unrequited love for Duke Orsino, and mourns her presumed-dead twin brother, Sebastian.
I presume you've got some tomfool costume for me to wear this evening," Emerson said. HE SHALL THUNDER IN THE SKY

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